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LustList >> D'Aosta D'Aosta Luggage
It’s official. I’m a freak for pretty luggage. I already knew that I liked beautiful luggage (old and new), but when I came across D’Aosta D’Aosta’s luggage and had an actual visceral reaction to the corner details, the nailheads, the straps with buckles, etc., I realized that my response to leather suitcases and trunks might not be normal.
The other clue that my love for luggage might be tipping towards obsession is that fact that luggage is that kind of thing you really don’t need a lot of. When you travel, you can really only bring one or two pieces– one to check, and one to carry on. And it’s not even smart to check a nice piece of luggage, since it’s like a big target on your luggage for thiefish baggage handlers and it will probably get destroyed on its first trip ever anyway. Conclusion: one nice carry-on is really enough.
So here’s the freakish part. I already have a leather suitcase that I’m in love with, and yet, every time I see stuff like this, I actually consider whether I should ask for it for my next birthday/Christmas/can-you-ask-for-presents-for-4th of July (?). Even though I have NO need for it.
Luckily, there’s an excellent loophole to this law of limited justifiable demand for luggage. Suitcases and trunks look sharp as decor accents and also function as storage! Perfect excuse for me to collect more luggage than I could ever take with me on a trip…
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Is it summer yet?
Philip Lim Resort ’10
Particularly loving pleated trousers and trouser shorts, high-waisted skirts, skinny waist belts, and blazers and leather jackets for summer.
Elie Tahari Spring/Summer ’10
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Fresh Pulp >> 30 Days
I’ve decided to extend this “Fresh Pulp” category to new blogs I come across, in addition to magazines, since I come across so many of both that I want to share.
Here, for your enjoyment, 30 Days, which chronicles one person’s outfits over 30 days!
I love this concept as an alternate to street style blogs where you just get one shot of a person, or, alternately, one person’s blog where you see just their outfits every day.
With this concept, you get to see how people work their wardrobes! This cute lady works for Tracy Reese.
Here, just a sampling…
PS – I saved this quite a long time ago to share and just got around to doing it, and I just checked back on it and it looks like it hasn’t been updated in quite a while… too bad. Still, what’s in there is still interesting to browse. Hope they’ll bring it back online!
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“Real People” ad campaigns
Have you noticed this trend? I feel like I’m seeing it everywhere… brands asking blogger-photographers, as well as just normal photographers, to create ad campaigns of “real people” wearing their products.
There’s actually no reason “real people” should be in quotations, except that in the case of Tod’s and Cole Haan, if you’re wearing the shoes on a daily basis, you might be real, but you’re not exactly a plebian, so saying “real people” might overextend the point. So really, by “real,” I mean, non-actors/models.
Here, a Tod’s campaign by wonderful photographer Eliott Erwitt.
I feel like it’s a way of brands attempting to become more real and human to people. Like the idea of the Creative Director becoming the human face of a brand, or knowing the “story” of a company and its materials, knowing who the photographer is and who the subjects are makes you, as the buyer, feel somehow closer to the brand, like it is more accessible to you.
Instead of advertising images just appearing like magic on a magazine page, you have a sense of how the image was created, which makes it feel more authentic, and, as a result, leads you to feel that the ad is more believable.
For this Cole Haan campaign, the brand asked Todd Selby, of The Selby, to photograph people who inspire him wearing Cole Haan shoes.
Interesting the way this is bringing the whole photographer-blogger thing full circle, since I guess we wouldn’t have really known these photographers in the days before blogs.
Like Scott Schuman, for example, was already a fashion photographer, but now we know who he is, so now it’s like, “Oh look, these brands are using that photographer we like,” when really, they’re just capitalizing on the fact that we know who they are now by publicizing who the photographer is. It’s working out well for the photographers who have created blogs!!
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Antler Magazine
While I think the name is a mistake (seriously, enough with antlers people, they’ve had their moment), the new digital Antler Magazine does have some cool photography.
Like Lonny Mag and other publications by Issuu, layout looks like the above and can be viewed in full screen, with pages that appear to actually “turn.” This will be so cool on the iPad!!
Antler Magazine here.
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Yves at Work
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Trends I'm Loving >> Blazers, Brogues, and Button Ups…
Images from The Sartorialist, Garance Dore, Jak and Jil, Zara, and collage from Nubby Twiglet.
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Aigle
If everything about mountain climbing resembled this, I would be much more interested in it.
Aren’t those Aigle boots amazing? I would actually wear those in everyday life if I still lived in a cold climate.
From an editorial in Cote Ouest magazine.
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Something to look forward to >> Colorful & Abstract Floral for Spring & Summer!
It’s already pretty warm and sunny in Santa Barbara, but I really can’t wait for full-on skirt and dress weather.
Here, fun, colofrul spring and summer looks by Tibi.
Second from right = obsession. I know “one-shoulder” and “jumpsuit” are both keywords a lot of people cringe at the sound of, but I absolutely adore this number. I like that the one sleeve you do get is a long sleeve, and the big flower keeps the all-black from being too severe.
All images from Tibi.com
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LustList: Tod’s
navy + red = love
(bonus points for the red being in patent.)
(bonus points for the red being in patent.)
Would love these with rolled up white jeans, a breezy button-up, and a straw tote.
From Tod’s.
